On being athletic
I used to compete in sports a lot, but then I realized that you can buy trophies. Now I’m good at everything.” – Demetri Martin
Just a sad reminder
Our mail courier is a tad bit unreliable. There are days when he delivers the mail before noon but you can count on those days being the ones he only carries a fistful of bills. More often than not, he’s a post-lunch type of worker and recently I’ve even wondered if he’s decided an afternoon…
The Wicked Sliding House
I would only actually use the word wicked if I was born and raised on the south side of Boston. And even then it’d sound much more like wick’d as in – wick’d smaht. But since I wasn’t, the title of this post is just copied and pasted from another article of a pretty wick’d…
5 Dollar Water
Like I said, quality content could flow today. This one is by a buddy of mine and fellow dotcomrade, Aaron Garcia (and yes, his hair is that cool). Beautifully done, great cause. So what are your plans for Valentine’s Day? http://www.5dollarwater.com/ V-Day ‚Äì 5 Dollar Water from Aaron Garcia on Vimeo.
I might post a bunch today…
…but to start – one of my favorite blogs that gets updated far to seldom, Abstract City by Christoph Neimanm, got updated yesterday. He now resides in Berlin but writes from time-to-time for the NYTimes. I LEGO N.Y. http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/i-lego-ny/ Previous article by Niemann: http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/the-boys-and-the-subway/
My first trip to Italy
From Quips: If you have $6,500 to spend this year I would highly recommend this amazing opportunity from the School of Visual Arts MFA program, Masters Workshop: Design History, Theory and Practice in Rome and Venice. The first sentence of the description should be enough enticement: “Spend two weeks studying visual communication ‚Äî especially typography…
Passive aggressive neighbor
Apparently Jerry has run his list of neighbors he can call on in a jam pretty short. But who can blame him? More than once I’ve contemplated stealing my neighbor Hap’s mailbox. Banning Scientologists and Jehovah’s from my lawn is something I’ve needed to do for a long time.
1,474 Megapixels of Where’s Waldo?
Impressive picture created from over 220 individual still shots taken during the inauguration this week. You can almost count the nose-hairs on most of the dignitaries up front. Since it is a combination of photos you will see a few abnormalities. Like Aretha Franklin’s goatee. Or guys with four eyes, two faces and even a…
Social media amazes me
Before I saw a single news headline or heard anything about it, I saw a flickr image of the plane in the Hudson today taken from a camera-phone by a person on the boat sent to rescue the passengers. It made it to Twitter and then copied to Flickr within minutes and spread like wildfire…
Oh Muxtape, how I miss thee
Or this post could also be titled – Hey Autumn, I found a Muxtape alternative I’ve actually know about the open source Muxtape alternative called Opentape for a while but it wasn’t until this evening that I actually sat down to set it up. While not having the fantastic ability to jump from favorited playlist…
Human flying?
There’s no chance I would ever even claim to want to attempt something like this but it is crazy to watch. wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo. (via A Tiny Pixel) Two things of note: 1. I love Vimeo. They do video better than any site out there. 2. I’m sorry for the lack…
Bringing (clear) sight to the world
I wear contacts daily and glasses in the evening when my eyes wear out for the day. I can see without them but I wouldn’t say it would be the safest for me to operate a vehicle or similar machinery sans lenses. For some reason, as a kid (and as an adult, I suppose) one…
My town made ESPN…
Knowing for several years about the Gainesville State School and their football team from both buddies in college and now the workplace, the story of the Tornadoes isn’t new to me. What is new is that for the first time this year our local Christian school, Grapevine Faith, played the kids from up north (armed…
Jingle Bells, microwave style
If you’ve ever contemplated writing music with the ding’s from your microwave, you can now stop. It has been done and its more than likely better than anything you or I could produce. from AKQA (via Blankenship)
Shameless plug
I’ve officially been published. With a subscriber count of over 30k, Freelance Switch is one of the largest Freelancer websites and communities on the web. Yesterday I received notice that an article I had written for them had been green-lighted and published to the site. Being both fan and subscriber to the site I was…
I Am Second
It’s exciting to me to see church media and their creators starting to get it. For far too long, the materials presented to the public were sub-par. I Am Second, gets it. A ministry that concerns itself with both substance and style. One of the best presentations in any field I have seen in a…
The Internet has arrived
Long ago you may remember me introducing you to the concept of Rick Roll’ing. Rick’s 15 minutes of fame are apparently not over and also are no longer confined to the nerd-dom we call the Internet. Rick at his best – entertaining the crowds at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this morning.
Reconciling your debts, the alternatives.
Who needs cash to pay your bills when you can draw pretty pictures? Classic interaction. Read all the way down. http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html via Cameron